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Definition of merlon in English:

merlon

noun

The solid part of an embattled parapet between two embrasures.

‘Her fingertips brush absently at a potted plant that sits before her, in one of the gaps between the toothlike blocks of green stone (merlons) that, in a castle, would have protected against enemy arrows.’

‘I leaned on the embrasure between the teeth of the merlons and watched the activity on the streets below slowly die as the shadows drew longer.’

‘I ducked back behind the merlon and yelled down to the Greens in the courtyard behind the south gate, ‘Down, three marks.’’

‘Crenellations (merlons) on the perimeter of the roof were repaired or rebuilt.’

Origin

Early 18th century: from French, from Italian merlone, from merlo battlement.